{"id":6043,"date":"2022-09-02T22:37:25","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T05:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dresan.com\/blog\/?p=6043"},"modified":"2022-09-02T22:37:27","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T05:37:27","slug":"dragon-con-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/02\/dragon-con-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragon Con 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903_004414-600x800.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6044\" width=\"716\" height=\"955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903_004414-600x800.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903_004414-300x400.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903_004414-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903_004414-640x853.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903_004414.jpeg 1148w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, it&#8217;s that time of year again &#8230; 65,000 of my closest friends have gotten together in five hotels and two convention halls in Atlanta to celebrate all things science fiction!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220902_192535-600x450.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6045\" width=\"717\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220902_192535-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220902_192535-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220902_192535-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220902_192535-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220902_192535-640x480.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220902_192535.jpeg 1888w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My schedule is below. I worked right up to the start of the con, so am just now posting this two days later, but for the benefit of the time travelers in my audience, I&#8217;ll include the first two panels:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Thursday<\/strong><ul><li><strong>8:30pm &#8211;  Start Now, Research! &#8211; Hyatt Embassy EF<br><\/strong>How much research is enough? How much is too much? When do you stop doing research and start writing?<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Friday<\/strong><ul><li><strong>7:00pm &#8211; \u00a0The People Who Live in Your Book &#8211; Hyatt Embassy EF<\/strong><br>Characters rise off the page and become people&#8211;if they&#8217;re well-crafted. Discover ways to make this happen in your fiction.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Saturday<\/strong><ul><li><strong>10:00pm &#8211; Stories Needed: Get Yourself Invited into an Anthology &#8211; Hyatt Embassy EF<\/strong><br>There&#8217;s an anthology being published that might just work for a story you have in mind. Or, when you hear about an anthology and KNOW you have a story for it, what do you do? Get some professional help from our pros.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Monday<\/strong><ul><li><strong style=\"font-size: 1em;\">10:00am &#8211; Writing About Star Trek &#8211; Hilton Galleria 2-3<\/strong><br>There are thousands of worlds within Star Trek, and thousands of topics to talk about. Where do we start? Join a panel of published writers to discuss what&#8217;s worth discussing in Trek books, articles and more<\/li><\/ul><ul><li><strong>1:00pm &#8211; Where Do You Get Your Ideas? &#8211; Hyatt Embassy EF<br><\/strong>\u00a0This is a question that every writer gets asked by everyone they know. What is the answer to that question?<\/li><li><strong>2:30pm &#8211; Predicting the Future &#8211; Hyatt Embassy EF<\/strong><br>Where in the world is fiction headed? Do the old tropes still work? What&#8217;s fresh and new for the future?<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>At each panel, I&#8217;ll be giving away signed copies of the writing inspiration book <a href=\"https:\/\/smile.amazon.com\/Your-Writing-Matters-Unstuck-Inspired\/dp\/1942480342\/\">Your Writing Matters<\/a> by my friend Keiko O&#8217;Leary. This is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinkinginkpress.com\/2022\/08\/tip\/new-book-your-writing-matters-is-now-available\/\">the latest release from Thinking Ink Press<\/a>, and we&#8217;re very proud of it! No matter where you are on your writing journey, I think this book can probably help you, so come on by!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903_013228-600x450.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6046\" width=\"716\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903_013228-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903_013228-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903_013228-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903_013228-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903_013228-640x480.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903_013228.jpeg 1888w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>See y&#8217;all tomorrow!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-the Centaur<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, it&#8217;s that time of year again &#8230; 65,000 of my closest friends have gotten together in five hotels and two convention halls in Atlanta to celebrate all things science&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[215,206,197,221,248,214,199,220,198,202],"tags":[84,4,5,89],"class_list":["post-6043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appearances","category-colleagues","category-fiction","category-panels","category-promotions","category-publishing","category-steampunk","category-technique","category-urban-fantasy","category-writing","tag-dragon-con","tag-dragon-writers","tag-we-call-it-living","tag-write-to-the-end","ratio-2-1","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6043"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6047,"href":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6043\/revisions\/6047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}